Dana Levin - Classical Realism / Contemporary Realism

Self-Portrait

American Artist Professional League- Fellow

Dana grew up in Miami, FL. In high school she attended The New World School of the Arts and Belvoir Terrace, a summer program for gifted young women in Lenox, MA. She received a BFA from the acclaimed School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she learned to foster her creative thinking and apply that to her work. Finally, she traveled to Florence, Italy to study at the rigorous Florence Academy of Art and trained in the painting and drawing techniques of the Old Masters, where she subsequently taught for several years. Her private study of realism oil painting has taken her to museums throughout Europe, Britain, Russia, and across the United States.

Upon returning to the United States, Dana opened an atelier school, The New School of Classical Art, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It was closed in 2008 so she could devote herself full-time to painting. Dana has received awards and honors from prestigious national and international juried shows and museums. She is also included in important museum collections.

Dana Levin accepts commissioned painting requests. Commissioned portraits, still life, and landscape paintings in the Boston, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island areas. Arrangements for paintings from photographs can also be made.

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MUSEUMS

Permanent Collections
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY- Permanent Collection
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT- Permanent Collection

Traveling Exhibitions
2006-2009 Blossoms Art of Flowers: Traveling Exhibition, Susan Kathleen Black Foundation
-Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX
-Neville Public Museum, WI
-Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, AZ
-The Canton Museum of Art, LA
-The Wildlife Experience, CO
-The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, TN
-The Spartanburg Art Museum, NC

2003 Realism Revisited: Florence Academy of Art Traveling Exhibition
-Panorama Museum,Bad Frankenhausen Germany
-Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York City, NY
-Century Gallery, Alexandria, VA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA
2009
Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "Self Portrait Exhibition"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "The Figure in American Art"
-Saks Galleries, Denver, CO , "April Showers Bring May Flowers"
2009
-The Gallery at CNY, Syracuse, NY, "Wish"
-American Art Invitational, Saks Galleries, Denver, CO, "Small Gems"
-Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA, "Artist Choice Exhibition"
-Walsingham Gallery, Newburyport, MA, "Working from Life"
-John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Small Works"
-The Copley Society, Boston, MA, "New Members Show"
-John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Trompe L'oeil"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "The Figure in American Art"
2008
-Quidley Gallery, Nantucket, MA, "Figure Show"
-John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Floral Exhibition"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "Still Life: Trompe L'oeil a 21st Century View"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "The Figure in American Art"
2007
-The Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA, "Holiday Show"
-The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, "Beyond Beauty"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "Summer Salon"
-The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, "Female Artists of New England"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "Winter Salon"
2006
-The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, "The Boston School Legacy"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "Masters of the Florence Academy of Art, part 2"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, Ninth Annual "The Figure in American Art"
-The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI , "Flora and Fauna"
2005
-The Florence Academy of Art, Corsini Stables, Italy, "First Annual Alumni Exhibition"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "International Autumn Exhibition"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "Winter Salon"
2004
-The Bert Gallery, Providence RI, "In Search of Beauty"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "Winter Salon"
-Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, "Masters of the Florence Academy of Art"
2003
-Westbeth Arts Gallery, New York City, NY, "Still Classical"
-The Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, "Vanitas"

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2010
-The Boston Guild, Non-Members Juried Exhibition, Boston, MA
-The Copley Society, "Reflections", Boston, MA
-Oil Painters of America, "19th National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils", Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2009
- American Artist Professional League, "81th Grand National Exhibition", Salmagundi Club, NYC
-The Boston Guild, Non-Members Juried Exhibition, Boston, MA
-Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, "113th Annual Exhibition", The National Arts Club, NYC
-New Britain Museum of American Art,"40th Annual Juried Exhibition"
-Oil Painters of America, "18th National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils", Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
-The Florence Academy of Art, "Fourth Annual Alumni Exhibition", Corsini Stables, Italy
-The Copley Society, "Passages", Boston, MA
2008
-American Artist Professional League, "80th Grand National Exhibition"-Raymond Chow Memorial Award
-New Britain Museum of American Art,"39th Annual Juried Exhibition"-First Prize
-Hudson Valley Art Association, "77th Annual Exhibition", Old Lyme Art Association, CT.
2007
-Oil Painters of America, "Eastern Regional Exhibition", Weatherburn Gallery, FL.
-American Artist Professional League, "79th Grand National Exhibition"-Ridgewood Art Association Award, Excellence in Art
-The Florence Academy of Art, "Third Annual Alumni Exhibition", Corsini Stables, Italy
2006
-The Florence Academy of Art, "Second Annual Alumni Exhibition", Corsini Stables, Italy
-Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, "110th Annual Exhibition", The National Arts Club, NYC. -Katharine A. Lovell Memorial Award
2005
-Allied Artist's of America 92nd National Competition, The National Arts Club, NYC.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2010
Finalist in two catagories- 27th Annual Artist's Magazine Competition
2009
Finalist, "People and Figures" Competition, International Artist Magazine
Dianne Rudy Memorial Award- American Artist Professional League
2008
Raymond Chow Memorial Award- American Artist Professional League
First Place- New Britain Museum of American Art,"39th Annual Juried Exhibition"
Finalist, 25th Annual Artist's Magazine Competition
Finalist, International Art Renewal Center Salon
Living Artist, Art Renewal Center
2007
Ridgewood Art Association Award, Excellence in Art-American Artist Professional League
First Place- Portrait Category- 24th Annual Artist's Magazine Competition
Finalist, International Art Renewal Center Salon
2006
Katharine A. Lovell Memorial Award-Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Finalist in four categories- 23rd Annual Artist's Magazine Competition
2002
John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund
Art Renewal Center International Scholarship Competition
2001
Art Renewal Center International Scholarship Competition
1996
Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco - Merit Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS

Gulf Connoisseur Magazine, "Visceral Views"- April 2010
International Artist Magazine, "People and Figures"- December/January 2010
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, "Three To Watch, Artists Making Their Mark" - June 2009
Mercury Newspaper, "Hooked on Classics" - March 2009
American Art Collector, "Power of Illusion" - February 2009
Artist's Magazine, "The Year's Best Art"- December 2007
Artquotes.net, "Interview with American Realist Artist Dana Levin" - May 2007
Artist's Magazine "Emerging Artists, 20 artists under 40"- March 2007
The Art Renewal Center, "Interview with Artist/Teacher Dana Levin"- February 2007
The Boston Legacy ISBN 0-97113-216-X - Pgs.12,15,35 - 2006
The Providence Journal "Beauty is Academic" - January 2004, pgs. 16,18
American Artist Drawing "Classical Approaches to the Teaching of Drawing" -Fall 2003 pgs,
Realism Revisited ISBN 3-9807182-7-1pgs. 81,156-159, 190, 2003

EDUCATION

2000 Florence Academy of Art, Florence Italy -Three-year Certificate
1990 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - BFA Painting/Drawing
1986 New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL - Visual Arts

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005 Founder and Instructor - The New School of Classical Art, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
2004 The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy - Director of Drawing-Sculpture Program
1999- 2003 The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy - Instructor

JURIED MEMBERSHIPS/Professional Affiliations

American Artist Professional League- Fellow
Artists Who Teach
Art Renewal Center- Living Artist 2008
International Guild of Realism 2007-2009
Who's Who in American Art
Who's Who in Visual Art - 100 Artists
International Society of Realist Painters
Oil Painters of America
The Copley Society

Contemporary and Classical Realism Drawing & Painting

714 Gazebo Circle Reading, MA 01867 Phone: (401) 575-1030

email: Dana Levin

Dana Levin's work falls under the categories- boston portrait painter, contemporary realism, classical realism, modern realism, representational art, american realism, figurative art, museum quality realism, portrait painting, still life painting, figure painting, floral painting, classical realist art, photo realism, and contemporary figurative art.